For its tenth anniversary, Mumbai’s Art of Time has convinced Roger Dubuis to speak our cultural language with rare finesse. The Excalibur Monobalancier Lord Ganesha Edition is a 42 mm pink gold statement that replaces the maison’s astral star with a hand drawn, metallised portrayal of the remover of obstacles, set beneath sapphire glass. It is spiritual, unabashedly opulent and perfectly calibrated for boardrooms in Malabar Hill and soirées in Colaba.
Inside, the automatic Calibre RD720SQ does the heavy lifting, with a micro rotor tucked between ten and eleven o’clock, a diamond coated silicon escapement, 72 hours of power reserve and every component hand finished to meet the Poinçon de Genève. Limited to eight pieces, in honour of Ganesha’s eight divine powers and the maison’s lucky number, it is technical theatre with genuine meaning.
Women are not on the sidelines. The 36 mm Velvet Automatic answers with a pink gold case paved with brilliant cut diamonds, a mother of pearl dial tinted an elegant green for prosperity and new beginnings, and a highlighted X to mark Art of Time’s decade. Powered by the self winding RD830 and limited to ten pieces, it is jewellery grade watchmaking for the woman whose jewellery box already holds the heavy hitters and now wants her wrist to speak of discernment as much as sparkle.
